Zain Bahrain hands over fibre backhaul assets to BNET

Infrastructure-focused equity company Actis reportedly is the interested party looking to acquire Telkom South Africa’s tower unit Swiftnet for over US$330 million. 

Demand for fixed-line telephone services has reportedly spiked in North Korea’s North Pyongan Province due to the easing of border restrictions with China, which has also led to a spike in installation prices.

Nokia and Saudi Arabian telco STC Group say that they’ve successfully wrapped up what they claim is the first trial in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region of a long haul terabit optical solution for data centre interconnectivity.